Christie Brinkley divorce case ends

By Anonymous

Friday, November 07, 2008

Thursday's settlement gives her custody of their two children and some property. The husband, Peter Cook, gets just over £1 million.

"I'm really glad that today we found some peace," said Brinkley, beaming as her silver peace-sign earrings glistened off a galaxy of camera flashes. She clutched her son's elaborate dinosaur diorama, used as trial evidence that she was a good mother who helped him with his science project.

She told reporters that while she was happy with the settlement, there was not much to celebrate. "It's to me a very bittersweet moment because it really is the death of a marriage," said Brinkley, 54, who has three other ex-husbands.

Signs of an accord emerged on Wednesday when testimony at the New York trial was repeatedly interrupted so lawyers could confer among themselves and with the judge.

After an all-night negotiating session at a nearby hotel, the parties reached an agreement about 6.15am, said Brinkley's lawyer, Robert Cohen.

He declined to identify what brought on the consensus. But on Tuesday, a court-appointed psychiatrist said he thought Brinkley should be granted custody of the couple's 10-year-old daughter, Sailor, and 13-year-old son, Jack, whom Cook adopted; his biological father was Brinkley's third husband.

The psychiatrist's testimony followed one embarrassing revelation after another for Cook, while Brinkley largely came across as a caring mother.

"I think it was pretty clear where this case was going and so it got resolved," said Mr Cohen.

Unlike Brinkley, who stood before a phalanx of microphones nearly every day of the trial, Cook left the court with little comment. "It's everything I asked for," he said. His lawyer, Norman Sheresky, left without comment.